In the early morning hours of June 1, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) along with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and the Charleston County Sherriff’s Office conducted a raid of the Alamo nightclub in Ladson, South Carolina.
By the end of the raid, 80 people were arrested. After little information was initially released after the raid, uncertainty and fear spread throughout immigrant communities in the Lowcountry and across the state. Many in the community are still seeking greater transparency from officials about what led immigration law enforcement to target this nightclub and who exactly they were looking for.
If a member of your family or someone you care about was detained by ICE, there are ways to locate them using the ICE locator website. However, they must be in ICE custody for over 48 hours for you to find them using the Online Detainee Locator System.
This tool will only locate individuals who are at least 18 years old. It will not work to locate minors.
The locator uses two methods to locate people in ICE Custody.
The first is using A-Number, a 9-digit number assigned to a person in ICE custody, and their country of birth. If the A-Number is less than 9 digits, put zeros at the beginning of the A-Number to make the A-Number exactly 9 digits.
If you do not know the A-Number, you can search by Biographical Information. You must input the person in ICE custody’s first name, last name, and country of birth. The name must be an exact match. If there is a hyphen, it must be included.
